Coffin handle



G. W. BLACKBURN.

COFFIN HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. I6. I9I9.

1,402,041 Y Patented Jan.,3,'1922..

Inventor v 5 GUIjWIockburn .WI'IISSS da b dn@ grnegs NETE!) VSTATES Parent eterea.,

`sur w. BLACKBURN, or ELe-IN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR rro nLeIN SILVER, PLATE COMPANY, or nLeIN, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

COFIIN HANDLE. j

Laoaoei.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Jan. S, i922.V

` Application filed October 16, 1919. Serial No. 331,036.

.always comprises aneseuteheon plate which rests against the side wallo-f the vcoffin and whichv is ornamental in its nature, and a handle arm which is pivoted on the escutoheon plate and normally hangs down along the side wall of the coffin, but is free 'to rotate upwardly into a substantially horizontal position being there limited in its rotation by the escutcheon plate when the coffin is to be lifted by the handle. Y

Both these parts are in my preferred form, made of steel stampings'and are separately finished and then assembled. When VVassembled they are fastened together by a relatively light and delicate hinge made up of integral lugs on one of the parts in rotatable engagement with perforations in Y 'the other but this hinge does not in my pre.-

ferred'formearry the load when the handle is used to raise the coffin, this load iscarried Y a fulcrum arrangement whereby the Ahandle is engaged towardits inner end'by `an upwardly projecting -lug'onthe escutcheon plate and at a point intermediate yits ends,- is yengaged by the esoutcheon plate itself so'that the pivot eonneotionserves only to prevent disengagement of the handle arm and the Yesouteheon Vplate but does not carry the load of the eoilin when the handle is being used. y t n j In my preferred formvthere areA two short lugs projected inwardly fromopposite sides of .au aperture therein, the escutcheon plate l ofthehandle arm 'has two1 parallel perforated earsbent inwardly toward one another, the end of the arm having theseears i is thrust into the aperture in the escutcheon plate until the perforations ,are 1n reglster with the lugs. The operator then bends these perforated lugs outwardly to bring them into pivot engagement with the lugs on the escutcheon and the two parts are thus fastened pivotly together, Y

Among, the objects of my -invention are to f1provide a new and improved form of steel co n handle and escutcheon plate. Another object is to provide a cheap and durable eofM linhandle, anotherobject is to provide con'- venlent means for assembling the two parts ofthe steel ooflin handleso that both parts may be separately nished before being joined together. Another Objectisl to provide rigid and durable means to limit the relative rotation of both arm and escutcheon plate. Other objects' will appear from timel to time in this specification."

`My invention is illustrated moreV or less i diagrammatically drawings wherein VFigure 1- is a plan view of the escutcheon; Figure 2 is a section on the'line 2-2 wit the handle arm itself in place; j

Figure 3 the section on the line 34-3 of Figure Vl showing the handle arm in place; Figure 4; is a bottom plan view of handle in the accompanying arm and eseutcheon plate showing the arrangement of the parts after assembly.

Figure 5 .is a detail Ona larger scale of a portion of the parts of Figure 4 showing the ears-before assembly.'- Like parts are indicated Vby'lilre charaoj tersin all theA drawings. Y

' A is an escutcheon plate adapted to`y bey fastenedby means of screws Alon to a coffin A5, this plate is outwardly bulged as shown in Figure 2 and apertured as at A2,

A3 is a lug extending upwardly from the bottom wall of the aperture A2 substantially parallel with. the wall ofthe ooin and its upper end therefore is about inch inwardly from theupper boundary of the aperture A2 because that aperture is niade'in the convex esouteheon plate. A4 A4r are pivot lugseX'- tending inwardly from thetwo Side walls of the aperture A2 `ashort distance toward the lug A3. It will be understood that this esoutcheon plate with theflugs is made Aas a singleintegral steel or other metal stamp- Hlg- Y f,

B is a handle arm, it terminates in an outwardly extended loop'l B1 adapted to engage the handle bar B2 the loop is olosedupon the horizontal arm by means ofthe'be'nt ears B3 engaging slots in the under inward end of the'loop. B4 B* are'ears projecting from-V and integral with the lside walls of the handle, 'I-hey are `perforated at B5 and' before assembly with the escutcheonl plate are bent inwardly as shown in Figure 5.

The device is assembled by pushing the end-of thehandle bar into the perforation in the escutcheon nntilthe small lugs on op* `posed walls lof the perforation therein are in register with the perforations inthe earsj `then a tool is yinserted between the lperforated ears and they are spread until they are substantially in parallelism thusr engaging ther` pivotlugs on the plate and fastening the parts together in pivotal relation, as shown in Figure 4l. y A

Attention is called to the inner end of the handle arm whichfis bent downwardlyV on an arm substantially concentric with the i -perforations in the ears so that the lug A f parts.

comes into operative end engagement-*with the handlelarm almost as soon as rotation commences. Attention is alsovealled `to the groove C in thenpper surfaceof thelhandle adapted to engage the edge of the wallof the eseutcheon plate where it is apertured or perforated andthus position the parts thus `relieving the pivot lugs 'of any parts strain owing to lateral displacement ofthe Itrwill be evident that while I have shown inthe Adrawing an operating'device still many changes might be made both inlsize,

shape `and assembling, parts, their y position and operation might be radically changed, material other than steel might be used; the position of both lngs andboth earsA might be changed and might be reversed and placed upon other parts of the assembly and `many other changes might be madewithont decurvedwhere it engages the end of the lugl parting materially from the spiritof my ein# vention, and I wish 'therefore to put my drawing as in aj senseydiagrammatical;` y

The `handley arm at its end is downwardly or abutmentso that when a loadis on the handle,r there willbe nojpossible chanceof the handle `being pnlled'ont `away from the eseutcheon plate as might be the case where frictionalone were relied npon to holdv the The use and operation, of my invention.

are as follows:

Commencing irstwith` theV `processflof manufacture, the escutcheon plate is normallyfstamped out of a singlewfiat steel or other metalblank, so as to give it its convex contour, its ornamentation, and the aperture or perforation which is penetrated by the end of the handle arm.V This escutcheon plateafter being stampedout, is linished by itself. The handle arm is also stamped from a single piece of metal and separately nished with its two pivot ears bent together so that the distance between themris less than thedistance between the two short lugs on opposed'side's of the vperforation in the escutcheon plate. VAfterthe two parts have been completely finished, they areassembledby inserting that end of the handle arm which has the ears, into theaperture in the -escutcheon platevuntil the ears are in register with the opposed lugs.. The ears then bend apart until substantially parallel at whichtime, the lugs penetrate the perforations in the ears and provide a pivot connection between the escuteheon plate and the handle arms.

This. pivot connection is, of,coursenot aYV strongvenoiigh one to carryvtheweight of theconwhen the handle is used for that purpose,for this weight is carried bythe engagement' of; the handle arm adjacent its outerend on'its side with the fulcrum lug in the aperture in the plate and its engagementintermediate its end von its upper surfaceswith the edge ofthe plate-where it is ,A

apertured.y This yarrangement Acompletely limits y the upward Vrotary excursion ofifthe handle arm `with respectl to the escutcheon plate, but itis necessary to go even farther thanl this and make it impossible to withdraw the without rotating it, thus avoidingfthe possibility of theoperatorpulling the arm out while liftingthe handle;

`lihisv last requirement is effected by curving the end of the` handle downwardly so that when in the uppervworlring position,

the extreme outer endofthehandleis lower thanthe top of theffulcrum lugs, l*thus the V only `wayin which/the handle arm can be withdrawn isvby rotating 'downwardly until.

the end isv raisedy above the fulcrumV lugs. This, ofcourse, cannot take place `while any weight is being carried.

` `incidentally this `curvature of theA extreme end ofthe handle has an aesthetic; value bey cause when thehandle is hanging down lin its inoperative position,=,thecurvedfendfjust comes flush `withthe escutcheon plate, .and so no unsightly gap isn left.-v

The clutch or notchinthefupper surface ofthe handle armV co-operates-.withgthe eurvedendof the arm byfengaging the edge of theiesciitcheon plate to insure` that there will'fbe noY lateral movement of the arm and willfrlhe: protected.' 1 y I-claimr i l. A.` `coliin handle comprising an escutcheon plate having two spaced abntmentparts,

thus the relatively tweak. ,pivot connections a handle arm pivoted thereon and arranged to engage 'said abutment members when in the operative position and to have its rotation limited by such engagement, one of said abutment parts comprising a lug upwardly extending to engage the under side of the handle arm, the bearing surface of said lug lying in the same horizontal plane as that of the other abutment part.

2. As a new article of manufacture a cofin handle comprising an escuteheon plate, a handle arm pivoted thereon, a lug adapted to engage the under side of the arm, an abutment part adapted to engage the upper side of the handle arm to limit its rotation, the bearing faces of the lug and the abutment parts lying substantially in the same horizontal plane, the end of the handle arm being downwardly curved where it engages the lug, the upper surface of the handle arm being groovedwhere it engages the abutment.

3. A coffin handle comprising an e'scutcheon plate having two spaced abutment parts, an open bottomed handle arm pivoted thereon and arranged to engage said abutment member when in the operative position and to have its rotation limited by such engagement, one of said abutment parts comprising a lug upwardly extending and penetrating into the interior of the handle arm,

to engage the lower surface of the top of said handle arm.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses this 26th day of September, 1919.

GUY W. BLACKBURN.

Witnesses:

EDITH L. PORTER, MINNIE M. LINDENAU. 

